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Portrait of Louis Moréri

Gérard Edelinck (French, 1640–1707)
After: François de Troy (French, 1645–1730)
about 1680-1685

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 31.8 x 21.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26630
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Louis Moréri (1643-1680) was a priest and encyclopedist.

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 280, ii/ii; IFF 98; Le Blanc 273, ii/ii
Marks Verso, right center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA Jenkins Bequest (Lugt 4831); verso, right center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)